2 Kings 4:10 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Let us make a little chamber, I pray thee, on the wall; and let us set for him there a bed, and a table, and a stool, and a candlestick: and it shall be, when he cometh to us, that he shall turn in thither. ”

2 Kings 4:10 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

A little chamber on the wall - The room probably projected like a balcony beyond the lower apartments - an arrangement common in the East. A stool - Rather, “a chair.” The “chair” and “table,...
2 Kings 4:10 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Let us make a (h) little chamber, I pray thee, on the wall; and let us set for him there a bed, and a table, and a stool, and a candlestick: and it shall be, when he cometh to us, that he shall turn...
2 Kings 4:10 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Elisha and the Shunammite Woman. This gives one of the most delightful pictures of rural life in ancient Israel. It describes the kindly hospitality of the great lady of Shunem, the accommodation p...
2 Kings 4:10 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

chamber . upper chamber, or wall-chamber. candlestick . lampstand. Very little furniture used in the East to-day.
2 Kings 4:10 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Let us make a little chamber, I pray thee, on the wall; and let us set for him there a bed, and a table, and a stool, and a candlestick: and it shall be, when he cometh to us, that he shall turn in t...
2 Kings 4:10 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Let us make a little chamber—on the wall, &c.— See the note on Judges 3:20 . The little chamber here spoken of, to which Elisha retired at his leisure, without breaking in upon the private a...
2 Kings 4:10 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Let us make a little chamber, I pray thee, on the wall; and let us set for him there a bed, and a table, and a stool, and a candlestick: and it shall be, when he cometh to us, that he shall turn...
2 Kings 4:10 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Various Miracles of Elisha The miracles related of Elisha in this and the following Chapter s resemble many of those previously recounted of Elijah. Thus both prophets multiplied the sustenance of...
2 Kings 4:10 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

( 10 ) A little chamber... on the wall. — Rather, a little upper chamber (‘ alîyâh ) with walls — i.e. , a chamber on the roof of the house, walled on each side as a protection against the w...
2 Kings 4:10 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

ELISHA'S MIRACLES 2 Kings 4:1-44 WE are now in the full tide of Elisha's miracles, and as regards many of them we can do little more than illustrate the text as it stands. The record of them cl...
2 Kings 4:10 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Entertaining a Prophet 2 Kings 4:8-24 The real man needs a very small supply of outward comfort, because his life is hid in God. It does not consist in the abundance of things that he possesses...
2 Kings 4:10 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The ministry of Elisha stands in many respects in vivid contrast with that of Elijah. There is a gentleness about it which inevitably reminds us of that of the Messiah Himself in His day. Instead of...
2 Kings 4:10 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

There is a vast deal of generosity in this woman's mind: and yet nothing costly. How often, when entertaining strangers, have men found that they have been entertaining angels, or messengers of God,...
2 Kings 4:10 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Let us make a little chamber, I pray thee, on the wall ,.... Either of the city, to which their house might join, or of their garden, a little distance from the house; though the Jewish writers comm...
2 Kings 4:10 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Let us make a little chamber, I pray thee, on the wall; and let us set for him there a bed, and a table, and a stool, and a candlestick: and it shall be, when he cometh to us, that he shall turn in t...
2 Kings 4:10 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

She said to her husband In frequent conversation with him. This is a holy man of God A prophet, and that of eminent holiness; by our kindness to whom we shall procure a blessing to ourselves. Wh...
2 Kings 4:10 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

THE WIDOW'S OIL (vv.1-7) The history of the Kings is again interrupted to make way for the ministry of Elisha. The bad example of the kings had brought about poverty in the land, and God provide...
2 Kings 4:10 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Shunammite's Hospitality. B. C. 893. 8 And it fell on a day, that Elisha passed to...
2 Kings 4:10 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Let us make a little chamber on the wall, that he may be free from the noise of family business, and enjoy that privacy which, I perceive, he desireth for his prayers and meditations. He will not b...
2 Kings 4:10 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

SECTION 8. The Wonder-working Ministry Of Elisha ( 2 Kings 4:1 to 2 Kings 8:15 ) It will be noted that from this point on, until 2 Kings 8:15 , no king of Israel is mentioned by name, even thou...
2 Kings 4:10 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES .— 2 Kings 4:8 . Shunem , in the plain of Esdraelon, at the base of Little Hermon, now Sulam . 2 Kings 4:10 . Chamber on the wall —Probably, as in 2 Samuel 18...
2 Kings 4:10 - Sermon Bible Commentary

2 Kings 4:8-38 What Elisha did for the Shunammite's son, the Church wishes to do for you. I. The Church is like Elisha because it touches you. It touches you through its one book, the Bible; it t...
2 Kings 4:10 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Kings 4:1 . My two sons to be bondmen. The law of Moses, as well as the laws of all gentile nations, allowed of this for six years. Exodus 21:7 . Josephus, after others says, that she was the w...
2 Kings 4:10 - The Biblical Illustrator

And it fell on a day that Elisha passed to Shunem. Hospitality In these verses there are two very interesting subjects, and of a practical character. I. Hospitality rightfully employed. The...
2 Kings 4:10 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION 2 Kings 4:1-12 TYPICAL MIRACLES WROUGHT BY ELISHA . General introduction . The miracles of this chapter are all of them miracles of mercy. The first and last consist...
2 Kings 4:10 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Elisha and the Shunammite
2 Kings 4:10 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Kings 17:19 ; 1 Peter 4:10 ; 1 Peter 4:9 ; Hebrews 10:24 ; Hebrews 13:2 ; Isaiah 32:8 ; Luke 8:3 ; Mark 9:41 ; Matthew 10:41 ; Matthew 10:42 ; Matthew 25:40 ; Romans 12:13
2 Kings 4:10 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

On the wall — That he may be free from the noise of family business, and enjoy that privacy, which, I perceive, he desireth for his prayers and meditations. A bed, &c. — He will not be troubles...

2 Kings 4:10 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

2 Kings 4:10 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

2 Kings 4:10 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

2 Kings 4:10 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

2 Kings 4:10 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

2 Kings 4:10 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

2 Kings 4:10 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

2 Kings 4:10 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

2 Kings 4:10 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

2 Kings 4:10 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

2 Kings 4:10 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

2 Kings 4:10 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

2 Kings 4:10 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

2 Kings 4:10 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

2 Kings 4:10 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

2 Kings 4:10 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Kings 4:10 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

2 Kings 4:10 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

2 Kings 4:10 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

2 Kings 4:10 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

2 Kings 4:10 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

2 Kings 4:10 - Sermon Bible Commentary

2 Kings 4:10 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Kings 4:10 - The Biblical Illustrator

2 Kings 4:10 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

2 Kings 4:10 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

2 Kings 4:10 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Kings 4:10 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes